thank you. [ applause ] thank you. so, i i hope that we will have sandwiches waiting for you at the end of this press conference and i just wanted to take the opportunity to thank the many food and beverage. and without them we will not have the great reception that we are going to have. we have been here for 8 years. with us. and mayor lee for six years. and those are for two years or the newest addition this year, and so i hope that you have a great lunch and before that it is the most important business is to turn this over to our co-chair, who will make the announcement for the apa heritage awards this year, mary? okay, did i do this right? okay. okay, so thank you, all for being here today, and i am really very excited to be able to announce the finalist for this year s performing arts award. and many of them did not know who their competition was, as we were going to say, and so this is going to be a surprise for them as carmen said earlier i was one of those
businesses do for our greater bay area. but i will say that when you look at the name levi s stadium, you ll have embedded in that, they started out with the first two letters close to my name, but i think that daniel lori must have stuck his head into the negotiation and said, hey, we have a bid going on for 50 51 super bowl. you see vi. that s how iconic this name brand is going to be because already embedded in that name you see the super bowl opportunities we re going to have. and we re very excited about our super bowl bid because that s just going to be another opportunity to display this wonderful partnership that s reflected here. and when we do have that opportunity, you re going to see every restaurant, every hotel between san francisco, santa clara and san jose totally filled with enthusiastic fans. you ll see the them excited, they hear we put on a serious, focused bid. and you ll see the nfl owners reward us with this very collaborative spirit that we have in the
so, good morning, everyone. i ll make some brief remarks. first of all, i want to introduce myself. i am chip berg, the president and ceo of levi straus and company. joining me here this morning is my right, the ceo of the 49ers, as well as mayor lee from san francisco and mayor mathews from santa clara. as bob said, we ll make a couple of quick remarks, each one of us, and then we ll open the floor up for questions and then be available afterwards. first of all, welcome you all here to levi s plaza, the headquarters of levi straus and company. as you probably saw walking through the lobby this morning, we ve got a lot going on here today. today is our annual community day. it s a day every year when our employees step away from their day job and volunteer in their local communities. today we have nearly 170 projects in 46 different countries around the world, and more than 3,000 employees giving back tens of thousands of hours in community service. and we felt it was a ver
the original 49ers of the gold rush era. the pat entitled copper rivet solved the problems of workers pants ripping and from this a famous global brand was born. so, it s historic for the leading denim brand in the world to partner with the legendary football championship team, the san francisco 49ers of today. jed and i have a shared vision of two iconic brands coming together with similar values, the a very rich heritage, and the pioneering spirit. and we re both looking forward to watching sour dough sam rush out onto the football field wearing a pair of levi s jeans. from levi s perspective, this partnership creates a huge opportunity to engage with loyal fans we ve had for years and to connect with new fans of all ages around the world. to engage with fans who attend games, concerts, and events at levi stadium, with millions of football fans in their living rooms, and digitally with fans online, and dare i say, the super bowl. we re also very proud to be partnering with